defer

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɜː/
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• /dɪˈfeː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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• /dɪˈfɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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• /dɪˈfɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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• Scotland: /dɪˈfɛr/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪˈfɝ/
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• Australian: /dɪˈfɜː/
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• New-Zealand: /dəˈføː/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 F ER1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Originally a variant of (and hence a doublet of) differ; from Middle English differren (“to postpone”), from Old French differer, from Latin differō. Doublet of differ and dilate. See also infer, collate and confer, delate and defer, relate and refer as well as prelate and prefer among others.

From late Middle English differren (“to refer for judgement”), from Middle French déférer, from Latin dēferō. Doublet of delate. See also infer, collate and confer, relate and refer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: տարկետել (tarketel) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Bulgarian: отлагам (otlagam) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Bulgarian: отсрочвам (otsročvam) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Chinese Mandarin: 延緩 /延缓 (yánhuǎn) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: odkládat — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: zpozdit — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: zdržet — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: pozdržet — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: opozdit — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: odložit — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: oddalovat — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: oddálit — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Dutch: uitstellen — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Finnish: lykätä — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Finnish: myöhentää — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• French: différer — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• French: reporter — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• French: remettre — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: aufschieben — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: aufheben — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: verzögern — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: vertagen — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: verschieben — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: zurückstellen — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: hinausschieben — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: stunden — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: aussetzen — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• German: den Vortritt lassen — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ancient Greek: ἀναβάλλω (anabállō) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Hungarian: elhalaszt — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Japanese: 延期する (enki suru) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Māori: tinaku — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Māori: whakatārewa — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Middle English: differren — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Polish: odraczać — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Polish: odroczyć — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Polish: odkładać — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Polish: odłożyć — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Portuguese: adiar — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Portuguese: pospor — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Russian: откла́дывать (otkládyvatʹ) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Russian: отложи́ть (otložítʹ) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Russian: отсро́чивать (otsróčivatʹ) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Russian: отсро́чить (otsróčitʹ) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Serbo-Croatian: одгодити — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Serbo-Croatian: odgoditi — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Spanish: diferir — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Swedish: skjuta upp — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Turkish: geciktirmek — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Turkish: tehir etmek — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Turkish: bekletmek — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Turkish: yubatmak — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ottoman Turkish: صالمق (salmak) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відклада́ти (vidkladáty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відкла́сти (vidklásty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відстро́чувати (vidstróčuvaty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відстро́чити (vidstróčyty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відтерміно́вувати (vidterminóvuvaty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Ukrainian: відтермінува́ти (vidterminuváty) — (transitive) to delay — see also delay, postpone, put off
• Czech: váhat — (intransitive) to delay
• Czech: vyčkávat — (intransitive) to delay
• Czech: otálet — (intransitive) to delay
• Dutch: talmen — (intransitive) to delay
• Dutch: dralen — (intransitive) to delay
• Finnish: viivytellä — (intransitive) to delay
• German: abwarten — (intransitive) to delay
• German: zuwarten — (intransitive) to delay
• German: zögern — (intransitive) to delay
• Middle English: differren — (intransitive) to delay
• Polish: zwlekać — (intransitive) to delay
• Turkish: gecikmek — (intransitive) to delay
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Czech: podrobit se — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Dutch: zich voegen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Dutch: conformeren — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Dutch: onderwerpen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Finnish: mukautua — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Finnish: myöntyä — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Finnish: taipua — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• French: s'en remettre — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• German: fügen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• German: beugen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• German: einlassen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• German: unterwerfen — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• German: nachgeben — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Hungarian: enged (valaminek) — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Ido: deferencar — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Māori: whakamiramira — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Persian: تمکین کردن (tamkin kardan) — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Portuguese: deferir — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Russian: положиться (položitʹsja) — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Slovak: podvoliť sa — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Spanish: deferir — to submit to the opinion or desire of another
• Swedish: hänskjuta — to submit to the opinion or desire of another